Thousands of Hawkes Bay people with cyclone wrecked homes can start sitting down with council officials from today to nut out what exactly is going to happen to their properties.
236 are in the government's high-risk category and qualify for a voluntary buyout and there are over two thousand that can be lived in as long as they have better flood protection.
At a community meeting in rural Puketapu last night, locals were starting to see the way ahead.
RNZ reporter Lauren Crimp was at the Puketapu School hall.
